Today's Learning Goal:

Students will react to text and exhibit critical thinking through journal responses. Students will also identify the type of thinking used in responses, encouraging metacognition and a broader range of responses.
RL.10.1, RL.10.10

Bell Work: Weekly Rhetorical Strategy (Model and Definition)

Copy the model sentence and the definitions on your index card.

‍"His huge buzzard wings, dirty and half-plucked were forever entangled in the mud."

‍Diction = Word Choice

‍Denotation- literal meaning

‍Connotation- feelings, images, and meanings associated with a word

Show me your annotated Excerpt 2 from "The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World"


Modeling

Teacher Model (from the Marquez passage)
handsome drowned man journaling.docx
handsome drowned man journaling.docx

handsome drowned man journaling.docx


Practice

With a partner, look at the second passage from the Marquez story. Do one journal entry together. Make sure to identify the LOT.
Join another set of partners to create a small group.
Choose one of your journal entries to share with the class.

Sharing and Discussion

Share journal entries with the class. Discuss LOTs, formatting, and depth.

Homework

Read the third passage.
Do a journal entry of your own. Make sure to correctly identify the LOT.